How to Give Feedback, Part II
This blog series is on how to give useful feedback. We are working through the following model. Because feedback is just information, this model is appropriately called INFO: Inquire: The first step always is to find out if your feedback is wanted. (http://www.mclarencoaching.com/how-to-give-feedback-part-I/) Neutral: Next, ask yourself why you are offering feedback and make sure […]
How to Give Feedback, Part I
So far I have been blogging about asking for and receiving feedback. Now we will examine how to give useful feedback. One way to give useful feedback is through the following model. Because feedback is just information, this model is appropriately called INFO: Inquire: The first step always is to find out if your feedback […]
Are You Ready to Give Feedback?
REASONS FOR GIVING FEEDBACK So far I have been blogging about asking for and receiving feedback. Next we will examine how to give useful feedback. Before we do that, though, we need to look at reasons to give feedback, both valid reasons and reasons that don’t really work. There are various reasons for offering feedback, […]
Accountability – Learning from my Choices
As some of you know, I am in the middle of facilitating a book study group for attorneys. We are studying my book – Coaching for Attorneys: Improving Productivity and Achieving Balance. We are currently covering the chapter on accountability. If you are unfamiliar with this material, we define “accountability” somewhat different from the way […]
Patrick McKenna Reviews “Coaching for Attorneys”
This is an exciting piece of news for me. Here’s the story and my learning is at the end: On my website, I have a tab called “Resources” where I have listed some law blogs, and a long list of books from diverse areas of business, as well as personal and family resources. On that […]
Feedback (Part VI) — Elements of a Feedback Request
Remember we are starting our series with asking for and receiving feedback. In our first blog post on feedback, we identified four ways to obtain feedback for yourself: 1. Seek Clarity 2. Stop, Start, Continue 3. Specific Questions 4. Making an Effective Feedback Request Today we continue to the fourth. 4. Elements of an […]
Feedback (Part V) – Ask Specific Questions
Remember we are starting our series with asking for and receiving feedback. In our first blog post on feedback, we identified four ways to obtain feedback for yourself: 1. Seek Clarity 2. Stop, Start, Continue 3. Specific Questions 4. Making an Effective Feedback Request Today we continue to the third. 3. Specific Questions Many businesses […]
Feedback (Part IV) – Stop, Start, Continue
Remember we are starting our series with asking for and receiving feedback. In our first blog post on feedback, we identified four ways to obtain feedback for yourself: 1. Seek Clarity 2. Stop, Start, Continue 3. Specific Questions 4. Making an Effective Feedback Request Today we continue to the second. 2. Stop, Start, Continue Previously […]
Feedback (Part III) – Seek Clarity
Remember we are starting our series with asking for and receiving feedback. In our first blog post on feedback, we identified four ways to obtain feedback for yourself: 1. Seek Clarity 2. Stop, Start, Continue 3. Specific Questions 4. Making an Effective Feedback Request Today we start with the first. 1. Seek Clarity In […]
The Courage to Change
This post is in honor of my clients, past, present and future. So that you know I know how tough it can be to be striving toward your deepest desires. So that you know how honored I am to be a part of that. ____________ I am reading the book, Daring Greatly, by Brene Brown. […]